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NORTH  CAROLINA  AT  VALLEY  FORGE 

BY 

THE  NORTH  CAROLINA  SOCIETY 
OF  PENNSYLVANIA 


Philadelphia 

1923 


North  Carolina  was  always  forward  to  make  history,  and  honorable  history. 
Hut  she  has  always  been  backward  in  recording  the  history  she  has  made,  and  in 
building  monuments  and  memorials  as  reminders  of  it  to  oncoming  generations.  The 
purpose  of  this  booklet  is  to  arouse  and  to  appeal — to  arouse  the  dormant  flame  of 
appreciation  in  the  hearts  of  North  Carolinians  for  the  glorious  and  self-sacrifieino' 
heroism  of  our  forefathers,  and  to  appeal  to  them  to  supply  the  funds  for  completing 
the  North  Carolina  bay  in  the  Cloister  of  the  Colonies  in  this  wonderful  national 
shrine  at  Valley  Forge. 

d  he  \  acant  space  in  the  Cloister  is  a  blemish  to  the  splendid  architecture  of 
the  Memorial  building,  and  a  continual  reproach  to  the  people  of  the  State. 


— By  Howard  Banks. 


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WINTER  AT  VALLEY  FORGE 


Painting  by  Harrington  Fitzgerald. 


NORTH  CAROLINA  MEMORIAL  FOR  VALLEY  FORGE 
By  Marshall  De  Lancey  Haywood 
Raleigli,  N.  C. 

F  any  structure  on  this  continent  may  fittingly  be  called  the  Westminster 
Abbey  of  America,  none  can  lay  a  better  claim  to  that  proud  distinction 
than  the  Washington  Memorial  Chapel  at  Valley  Forge  in  the  State 
of  Pennsylvania.  And — alas  that  it  should  be  said! — the  great  and  pros¬ 
perous  States  of  Georgia  and  our  own  North  Carolina,  alone  of  all  the 
“Old  Thirteen”  colonies,  have  been  so  lacking  in  grateful  veneration  for 
the  memory  of  the  fathers  of  the  republic  as  to  leave  vacant  and  neglected  a  place 
of  honor  tendered  them  in  the  beautiful  cloister  which  forms  part  of  the  outer 
structure  of  that  now  world-renowned  edifice. 

In  the  Atlantic  Monthly  for  August,  1922,  A.  Edward  Newton  gives  a  vivid 


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Cloister  of  the  Colonies 


Washington  Memorial  Chapel  Patriots  Hall 

THE  VALLEY  FORGE  MEMORIAL 


Tower  and  Library 


description  of  Valley  Forge,  the  most  famous  of  all  Revolutionary  encampments ; 
and,  in  the  course  of  his  article,  says: 

Leaving  our  motor  by  the  roadside  we  approach  the  chapel  on  foot;  immediately 
our  attention  is  challenged  by  a  fine  cloister  which,  we  are  told,  is  the  Cloister  of 
the  Colonies.  It  consists  of  thirteen  bays,  adjoining  the  chapel,  immediately  to  the 
west;  all  of  these  are  at  present  completed,  with  the  exception  of  those  named  after 
the  states  of  Georgia  and  North  Carolina. ” 

Spasmodic  efforts  have  from  time  to  time  been  made  to  give  North  Carolina 
her  place  of  honor  with  her  sister  Colonies  on  the  above  cloister;  and,  as  this  effort 
is  about  to  be  renewed,  I  have  been  asked  to  aid  the  good  work  by  telling  something 
of  the  old  Continentals  of  our  State  who  suffered  and  endured  such  unparalleled 
hardships  from  cold,  hunger,  and  almost  nakedness,  during  the  dreary  and  never- 
to-be-forgotten  Winter  of  1777-78,  thereby  making  possible  the  ultimate  triumph 
of  American  arms  and  the  blessings  of  a  free  government  which  we  enjoy  today. 

The  number  of  troops  from  North  Carolina  in  the  encampment  at  Valley  Forge 
is  a  stiong  testimonial  to  the  State  s  patriotism  and  public  spirit;  and  the  personal 


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ARROW  POINTING  TO  UNFINISHED  NORTH  CAROLINA  BAY  OF  CLOISTER  OF  COLONIES 


prowess  displayed  by  those  troops  in  many  bloody  battles,  both  before  and  after 
Valley  Forge,  should  keep  their  memory  forever  enshrined  in  the  hearts  of  all  true 
Americans.  It  should  also  be  remembered  to  the  honor  of  North  Carolina  that  she 
offered  to  march  five  thousand  militia  to  reinforce  Washington’s  depleted  army 
during  those  terrible  Winter  months.  Of  this  offer,  under  date  of  January  31,  1778, 
from  York,  Pennsylvania,  Cornelius  Harnett,  member  of  the  Continental  Congress, 
wrote  Governor  Caswell  as  follows: 

“Congress  have  a  high  sense  of  the  offer  made  by  our  country1  of  marching 
5,000  militia  to  the  assistance  of  the  Grand  Army,  and  greatly  applaud  their  spirit; 
whether  they  will  be  called  for  is  not  yet  known.  I  suppose  they  will  not  (having 
so  great  a  distance  to  march),  unless  in  case  of  emergency.”2 

Let  us  cast  a  backward  glance  at  the  North  Carolinians  who  were  in  Wash¬ 
ington’s  northern  campaign,  and  learn  something  of  their  military  history  at  and 
previous  to  the  time  when  they  went  into  camp  at  Valley  Forge.  The  North  Carolina 

1  Each  State  was  called  a  “country”  in  that  day. — M.  DeL.  H. 

2  State  Records  of  North  Carolina,  Vol.  XIII,  p.  21. 


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Continentals — regulars,  as  distinguished  from  State  troops  and  militia  were  regi¬ 
mented  at  or  near  Wilmington  early  in  1776.  Before  that  time,  North  Carolina 
troops  had  aided  in  driving  Lord  Dunmore’s  forces  out  of  Virginia;  and,  with  a 
loss  of  only  one  man  of  their  own,  had  crushingly  defeated  a  vastly  superior  force 
of  Tory  Highlanders  and  former  Regulators  at  Moore’s  Creek  Bridge,  February 

27,  1776. 

James  Moore,  of  New  Hanover  County,  and  Robert  Howe,  of  Brunswick  County, 
were  commissioned  Brigadier-Generals  in  the  Continental  Line  on  March  1,  1776. 
Moore  afterwards  marched  his  brigade  to  the  vicinity  of  Charleston,  South  Carolina, 
and  there  fought  under  Major-General  Charles  Lee.  When  Lee  was  ordered  north¬ 
ward,  Moore  was  for  a  while  commander  of  the  Southern  Department.  After  returning 
to  North  Carolina  he  became  ill,  and  died  in  the  Spring  of  1777.  To  succeed  him 
Colonel  Francis  Nash,  of  the  First  North  Carolina  Continental  Regiment,  was 
commissioned  Brigadier-General.  Nash’s  brigade,  which  set  out  to  join  the  “Grand 
Army”  under  Washington,  contained  about  4,500  men  when  they  reached  Halifax, 


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North  Carolina,  on  the  march  northward.3  General  Nash  himself ,  who  had  been 
temporarily  absent  on  recruiting  duty,  later  rejoined  his  brigade  with  still  further 
reinforcements,  probably  running  the  total  up  to  5,000.  They  marched  up  through 
Virginia,  Maryland  and  Pennsylvania  to  Washington’s  army,  which  was  encamped 
at  Middlebrook,  New  Jersey.  Washington  and  his  army  were  jubilant  over  this 
splendid  accession  to  their  ranks,  and  a  “salutation  of  thirteen  cannon,  each  fired 
thirteen  times,”  roared  out  a  welcome  to  the  newcomers.  The  first  fight  of  Nash’s 
brigade,  under  the  leadership  of  Washington,  was  at  Brandywine,  September  11, 
1777.  Less  than  a  month  later  came  the  Battle  of  Germantown  (October  4th), 
and  a  disastrous  fight  it  was  for  North  Carolina.  General  Nash’s  thigh  was  shattered 
by  a  cannon-shot,  and  he  died  of  his  wound  three  days  later.  Colonel  Edward 
Buncombe,  of  the  Fifth  Regiment,  was  wounded  and  captured — later  dying  while  a 
prisoner  of  war  in  Philadelphia.  Lieutenant-Colonel  Henry  Irwin,  of  the  Fifth 
Regiment,  Adjutant  Jacob  Turner  of  the  Third,  and  Lieutenant  John  McCann  of 
the  Sixth,  were  left  dead  on  the  field.  Major  William  Polk  of  the  Ninth,  Captain 

*  State  Records  of  North  Carolina,  Vol.  XV,  p.  702. 


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John  Armstrong  of  the  Second,  Lieuten¬ 
ant  Joshua  Hadley  of  the  Sixth,  Ensign 
John  Daves  of  the  Second,  and  prob¬ 
ably  others,  were  among  the  wounded. 

For  some  weeks  after  Germantown, 
minor  fights  were  engaged  in  by  detach¬ 
ments  of  the  opposing  armies;  and,  on 
December  19,  1777,  began  the  long  and 
ever-to-be-remembered  encampment  on 
the  frozen  stretches  of  Valley  Forge. 
To  pen  an  adequate  description,  even  in 
part,  of  the  varied  horrors  of  that  Win¬ 
ter,  is  far  beyond  the  powers  of  the 
present  writer.  In  the  fourth  chapter 
of  the  first  volume  of  Senator  Bever¬ 
idge’s  biography  of  Chief  Justice  Mar- 


NATIONAL  ARCH 


shall  is  a  description  which  probably  surpasses  in  excellence  and  interest  any  yet 
written.  At  Valley  Forge  the  North  Carolina  Brigade,  formerly  commanded  by 
Nash,  was  for  the  time  J3laced  under  Brigadier-General  Lachlan  McIntosh,  a  Georgia 
officer  of  Scotch  birth,  whom  Washington  characterized  as  “an  officer  of  great  merit 
and  worth.”  Some  months  later,  not  long  after  Valley  Forge  was  evacuated,  the 
North  Carolina  Brigade  (or  what  was  left  of  it)  was  commanded  by  Colonel  and 
Acting  Brigadier-General  Thomas  Clark. 

As  the  Tenth  North  Carolina  (commanded  by  Colonel  Abraham  Sheppard)  was 
delayed  in  marching  northward  on  account  of  the  lack  of  equipment,  there  were  only 
nine  North  Carolina  regiments  at  Valley  Forge.  These,  and  their  commanding 
officers,  were  as  follows: 

First  Regiment,  Thomas  Clark,  of  New  Hanover  County,  commanding. — 
Colonel  Clark  entered  the  service  as  Major  of  the  First  Regiment,  September  1,  1775 ; 
promoted  to  Lieutenant-Colonel,  April  10,  1776,  and  to  Colonel,  February  5,  1777  ; 
after  returning  to  the  South  he  was  wounded  at  the  Battle  of  Stono  Ferry,  South 
Carolina,  June  20,  1779;  later  served  under  General  Lincoln,  and  was  made  pris- 


North  Carolina  Bay  as  it  will  appear 
when  completed.  The  entrance  to  the 
Chancel  of  the  Woodland  Cathedral,  the 
scene  of  many  notable  patriotic  services 
in  which  thousands  have  participated,  is 
formed  by  young  elm  trees,  brought 
from  Mount  Vernon  two  years  ago,  and 
planted  in  the  form  of  a  cross.  In  time 
they  will  form  the  leafy  aisles  of  this 
woodland  shrine.  The  beautiful  open 
air  pulpit  forms  a  part  of  the  New  York 
Bay,  given  by  the  Colonial  Dames  of 
America. 


oner  of  war  when  Lincoln  surrendered  the  city  of  Charleston,  May  12,  1780; 
retired  January  1,  1783;  brevetted  Brigadier-General  at  close  of  war,  September  30, 
1783;  member  North  Carolina  Society  of  the  Cincinnati,  1783;  and  died  December 
25,  1792. 

Second  Regiment,  John  Patten,  of  Beaufort  County,  commanding. — Colonel 
Patten  was  Major  of  the  Second  Regiment,  September  1,  1775;  promoted  to 
Lieutenant-Colonel  of  that  regiment,  April  10,  1776,  and  to  Colonel  of  same,  Novem¬ 
ber  22,  1777;  served  under  Washington  in  his  northern  campaigns  after  Valley 
Forge,  and  later  returned  to  the  South;  was  made  prisoner  of  war  while  serving 
under  General  Lincoln  at  Charleston,  May  12,  1780;  and  retired  January  1,  1783. 

Third  Regiment,  Jethro  Sumner,  of  Warren  County  (old  Bute  County),  com¬ 
manding. — Colonel  Sumner's  first  service  was  in  Minute  Men  under  General  Howe 
in  campaign  against  Lord  Dunmore  in  Virginia;  later  was  commissioned  Colonel  of 
Third  Continental  Regiment,  April  15,  1776;  promoted  to  Brigadier-General  in 
Continental  Army,  January  9,  1779;  after  return  to  South  he  commanded  military 
operations  in  North  Carolina;  highly  distinguished  himself  in  numerous  battles. 


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particularly  Germantown,  Pennsylvania, 
and  Eutaw  Springs,  South  Carolina; 
aided  in  collecting  remains  of  the  de¬ 
feated  army  of  Gates  after  the  Battle  of 
Camden;  served  until  close  of  war;  first 
president  of  the  North  Carolina  Society 
of  the  Cincinnati,  1783  ;  and  died  March 
18,  1785. 

Fourth  Regiment,  Thomas  Polk,  of 
Mecklenburg  County,  commanding. 
Colonel  Polk  first  saw  service  as  com¬ 
mander  of  a  militia  regiment  in  1775; 
commissioned  Colonel  of  the  Fourth 
North  Carolina  Regiment,  April  16, 
1776;  resigned  just  after  Valley  Forge 
encampment,  June  28,  1778;  later  ren- 


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dered  active  service  in  North  Carolina  and  South  Carolina  as  Colonel  of  militia;  and 
died  in  1793. 

Fifth  Regiment,  William  Lee  Davidson,  of  Mecklenburg  County  (Lieutenant- 
Colonel),  commanding  in  the  absence  of  Colonel  Edward  Buncombe,  who  had  been 
wounded  and  captured  at  Germantown.  Colonel  Davidson  was  commissioned  Major 
of  the  Fourth  Regiment,  April  15,  1776;  promoted  to  Lieutenant-Colonel  of  the  Fifth 
Regiment  in  1777;  transferred  to  Third  Regiment,  June  1,  1778;  transferred  to 
First  Regiment,  June  9,  1779;  commissioned  Brigadier-General  of  North  Car¬ 
olina  troops,  August  31,  1780,  as  successor  to  General  Griffith  Rutherford  (prisoner  at 
Charleston)  ;  badly  wounded  in  fight  at  Colson’s,  and  killed  at  the  Battle  of  Cowan’s 
Ford,  North  Carolina,  February  1,  1781. 

Sixth  Regiment,  Gideon  Lamb,  of  Currituck  County,  commanding. — Colonel 
Lamb  was  commissioned  Major  in  the  Sixth  Regiment,  April  15,  1776;  promoted  to 
Lieutenant-Colonel  of  that  regiment,  May  6,  1776;  Colonel  of  same,  January  26, 
1777;  served  at  Charleston  and  Haddrell’s  Point,  South  Carolina,  1776-1777,  and 
in  Washington’s  campaigns  of  1777-1778;  owing  to  reduction  of  regiments  he  was 


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INTERIOR  OF  CHAPEL 


detached  and  placed  on  waiting  orders;  was  later  on  recruiting  duty  in  North 
Carolina,,  where  he  died  (while  war  was  in  progress) ,  November  8,  1781. 

Seventh  Regiment,  JxVMes  Hogun,  of  Halifax  County,  commanding. — Colonel 
Hogun  was  commissioned  Colonel  of  the  Seventh  Regiment;  November  26,  1776; 
transferred  to  Third  Regiment;  June  1,  1778;  returned  home  on  recruiting  duty, 
and  rejoined  Washington’s  army  at  White  Plains,  New  York,  late  in  the  Summer 
of  1778,  with  regiment  of  nearly  six  hundred  North  Carolinians;4  in  command  of 
troops  engaged  in  fortifying  West  Point,  New  York,  in  November,  1778;  Brigadier- 
General  in  Continental  Army,  January  9,  1779;  after  returning  South,  was  actively 
engaged  in  North  Carolina  and  South  Carolina;  captured  at  Charleston,  South  Caro¬ 
lina,  when  that  city  was  surrendered  by  General  Lincoln,  May  12,  1780;  was  offered 
parole  by  British  but  would  not  accept,  as  like  favor  could  not  be  obtained  for  his 
men,  and  died  in  captivity  at  Haddrell’s  Point,  near  Charleston,  January  4,  1781. 

Eighth  Regiment,  James  Armstrong,  of  Craven  County,  commanding. — Col¬ 
onel  Armstrong  was  commissioned  Captain  in  the  Second  Regiment,  September  1, 
4  State  Records  of  North  Carolina,  Vol.  XIII,  p.  211. 


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WASHINGTON’S  BEDROOM  AT  VALLEY  FORGE 


1775;  Colonel  of  the  Eighth  Regiment,  November  26,  1776;  detached  and  placed 
on  waiting  orders  June  1,  1778;  retired  on  half  pay,  January  23,  1781;  Brigadier- 
General  of  North  Carolina  troops  in  the  District  of  New  Bern,  February  7,  1781; 
wounded  at  the  Battle  of  Stono  Ferry,  South  Carolina,  June  20,  1779. 

Ninth  Regiment,  John  Williams,  of  Caswell  Count}r,  commanding. — Colonel 
Williams  entered  the  service  in  the  State  militia  as  Lieutenant-Colonel  of  the  Hills¬ 
borough  District,  September  9,  1775;  was  commissioned  Colonel  of  the  Ninth  North 
Carolina  Continental  Regiment,  November  26,  1776;  was  left  in  command  of  camp 
at  Halifax  when  General  Nash  and  his  brigade  (with  part  of  Ninth  Regiment) 
marched  northward  in  Summer  of  1777 ;  broke  camp  at  Halifax  and  began  march 
northward,  September  1,  1777 ;  mustered  out  at  Valley  Forge  when  regiments  were 
reorganized,  January  1,  1778;  and  died  on  April  15,  1831.  (This  officer,  who  lived 
in  Caswell  Countv  after  Caswell  was  severed  from  Orange  should  not  be  confused 
with  Colonel  John  Pugh  Williams,  who  was  a  Captain  of  Continentals  and  Colonel 
of  militia.) 

As  the  biting  and  benumbing  cold  of  the  terrible  Winter  of  1777-78  gave  place 


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to  Spring  and  early  Summer,  and 
brought  vegetation  to  new  life,  it  also 
brought  fresh  determination  to  the 
patriot  army  at  and  around  Valley 
Forge.  Sir  Henry  Clinton  and  his 
British  forces  evacuated  Philadelphia 
on  June  18,  1778,  and  Washington’s 
army  took  possession  of  the  city.  As 
Clinton  and  his  redcoats  moved  away, 
they  doubtless  thought  that  the  Ameri¬ 
cans  would  be  too  happy  over  the  rid¬ 
dance  to  interfere  with  their  march. 
But  Washington  was  no  quitter.  He 
went  immediately  in  pursuit;  and,  on 
June  28th,  fought  the  Battle  of  Mon¬ 
mouth,  where  the  North  Carolina  troops 


GENERAL  WAYNE  MONUMENT 


acquitted  themselves  with  credit.  As  the  cold  had  tortured  the  patriot  army  a  few 
months  earlier,  the  sultry  Summer  now  tried  their  endurance.  The  day  on  which 
the  Battle  of  Monmouth  was  fought  wras  one  of  the  most  fearfully  hot  and  oppressive 
on  record. 

The  troops  of  North  Carolina  under  Washington  fought  on  under  that  incom¬ 
parable  commander  wherever  he  led  until  toward  the  end  of  1779,  when  nearly  all  of 
them  were  ordered  South  to  reinforce  the  army  of  General  Benjamin  Lincoln. 

To  determine  with  any  degree  of  accuracy  the  numerical  strength  of  the  North 
Carolina  Brigade  at  Valley  Forge  seems  impossible.  When  this  brigade  was  on  its 
northward  march  to  join  Washington,  contemporaneous  records  show  that  it  numbered 
about  five  thousand  men.  Yet  the  returns  made  at  different  times  during  the  Valley 
Forge  encampment  sometimes  placed  the  number  of  North  Carolinians  at  a  little  less 
than  a  thousand,  and  never  quite  as  high  as  fifteen  hundred.  This  being  true,  it  is 
probable  that  many  detachments  of  North  Carolina  troops  were  sent  on  other  duty. 
Then,  too,  battles  and  sickness  had  greatly  reduced  their  ranks.  Writing  to  Governor 
Caswell,  with  reference  to  the  North  Carolina  Brigade,  General  McIntosh  said: 


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“I  am  sorry  I  have  to  inform  you  the 
men  of  my  brigade  here  have  suffered 
severely  this  Winter  for  lack  of  clothing 
and  other  necessaries.  Fifty  of  them 
died  in  and  about  camp  since  the  begin¬ 
ning  of  January  last,  and  near  two  hun¬ 
dred  sick  here  now,  besides  as  many 
more,  reported  sick,  absent  in  different 
hospitals  of  this  State  and  Jersey — a 
most  distressing  situation! — and  only 
Dr.  McClure,  of  the  Second  Regiment, 
to  attend  the  whole  of  them  until  a  few 
days  ago.” 

The  foregoing  is  a  brief  and  very 
inadequate  account  of  the  record  of 
North  Carolina  troops  in  Washington’s 


NEW  JERSEY  MONUMENT 


STATUE  OF  BARON  VON  STEUBEN 


northern  campaign,  including  Valley 
Forge.  When  the  sons  of  this  old  State 
in  that  long  war  suffered  from  hunger, 
cold,  nakedness,  disease,  and  nearly 
every  misery  which  ever  tortured  man, 
in  order  that  America  might  be  free,  is 
it  too  much  to  ask  our  present  prosper¬ 
ous,  free,  and  happy  State — prosperous, 
happy,  and  free  because  of  their  sacri¬ 
fices — to  honor  them  as  the  patriots  of 
other  States  have  been  honored,  and 
give  one  memorial  to  commemorate  their 
patriotism  ? 


Marker  erected  by  the  State  of  Penn¬ 
sylvania  on  the  site  of  the  huts  of  the 
nine  regiments  of  North  Carolina 
soldiers. 

Next  to  Washington’s  Headquarters 
were  the  Life  Guards1  and  the  North 
Carolina  Troops,  the  only  Troops  on 
this  side  of  the  Ridge. 


1  Picked  men,  mostly  Virginians. 


Send  your  contributions  to: 

Edward  Monroe  Harriss, 

Treasure r  and  Chairman,  Valley  For  ye 
Memorial  Committee 
1438  N.  Broad  Street,  Philadelphia. 


Jacob  S.  Allen,  President, 

6101  Washington  Avenue,  Philadelphia. 
Joel  A.  Blair,  Vice-President, 

401  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 
James  Lee  Bost,  Secretary , 

Finance  Building,  Philadelphia. 

John  H.  Royal l,  Treasurer. 

DIRECTORS 

Gordon  H.  Cilley  Howard  A.  Banks 

Edgar  1.  Snipes  R.  Spencer  Plumber 

J.  S.  P.  Carpenter 


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Gordon  H.  Cilley 
Jordan  R.  Ross 
Herbert  G.  Tull 


ENTERTAINMENT  COMMITTEE 

J.  S.  P.  Carpenter,  Chairman 

William  L.  Shirley  Thos.  H.  Ross 

Joel  A.  Blair  Frank  L.  Page 

Ira  W.  Williams  Charles  E.  Wilkinson 

Thaddis  R.  Parrish 


RECEPTION  COMMITTEE 


R.  Spencer  Plumber 
Neal  D.  Ivey 
Dr.  T.  Grier  Miller 


Dr.  Charles  R.  Turner,  Chairman 


Dr.  John  H.  Gibbon 
Rev.  C.  Cooper 
Dr.  J.  G.  Ramsey 


Col.  John  S.  E.  Young 
Dr.  Fredk.  Ross  Robbins 
Rev.  E.  H.  Argo 


LEGAL  COMMITTEE 
Edgar  T.  Snipes,  Chairman 

John  T.  Davis  Howard  A.  Banks  H.  W.  Frey 

John  H.  Royall 


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MEMBERSHIP  COMMITTEE 
Dr.  Jesse  H.  Brown,  Chairman 
Russell  Henderson  Jordan  Perceyville  Smith 

Theodore  Bernard  Smith  W.  Lee  Springs 
Henry  T.  White 

AUDITING  COMMITTEE 
Howard  A.  Banks,  Chairman 
C.  E.  Mason  Aldine  Keifer  Siler  Geo.  G.  Walker 


Edgar  P.  Carlton 
T.  Mitchell  Tull 


VALLEY  FORGE  MEMORIAL  COMMITTEE 
Edward  Monroe  Harriss,  Chairman 


Homer  Hartsell  Leonard  Frank  L.  Jenkins 
George  S.  Sartin  Herman  Summerell  Shaw 


John  R.  Cornwell 
Henry  D.  Blake 
Harry  W.  Lee 
Howard  A.  Banks 
Theodore  B.  Kingsbury 


Paul  Collins 
Clyde  Smith 
Edgar  T.  Snipes 
Edwin  M.  Wilson 
Gordon  H.  Cilley 


J.  S.  P.  Carpenter 
Junius  S.  Koiner 
Jehu  J.  Outland 
John  Robert  Dixon 
Vernon  L.  Eley 
Dr.  Jesse  H.  Brown 
Herbert  G.  Tull 


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NORTH  CAROLINA  AS  AN  EXAMPLE  TO  THE  NATION 


As  Rhode  Island  leads  the  nation,  with  69  per  cent  of  foreign  stock,  North 
Carolina  leads  the  nation  at  the  other  end  of  the  line  with  only  seven-tenths  of  one 
per  cent  of  foreign  stock.  North  Carolina  is  one  of  the  most  prosperous  states  of 
the  Union.  It  is  developing,  industrially,  commercially  and  agriculturally,  with 
amazing  rapidity.  It  is  probably  one  of  the  most  law-abiding  states  in  the  Union,, 
and  its  courts  enforce  the  laws,  without  fear  or  favor.  It  is  carrying  forward  a 
campaign  of  college  and  university  extension  involving  the  expenditure  of  six  or  seven 
millions  of  dollars  at  present  for  new  buildings  and  having  $20,000,000  as  the  ulti¬ 
mate  plan  of  this  campaign.  Some  $42,000,000  was  expended  and  voted  for  public 
education  in  the  single  year,  June  30,  1921,  to  July  1,  1922,  in  that  state.  It  is 
putting  $50,000,000  or  more  into  highway  improvements.  It  is  enormously  expanding 
its  hydro-electric  developments  and  its  cotton  mill  interests,  and  yet  it  is  doing  this 
with  less  than  one  per  cent  of  foreign  stock,  an  unanswerable  proof  of  the  fact  that 
this  nation  can  carry  forward  its  material  development  and  expand  every  interest 
which  makes  for  the  betterment  of  humanity  without  any  great  influx  of  foreigners.- — 
The  Manufacturers’  Record,  September  21,  1922. 


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